Exciting Times!

Lately it seems as if everything is changing. One seven year old baby is growing into a very beautiful, and intelligent young little lady and one baby has gone from peewee to have pint, and another baby is growing and very active in my belly. We have been bouncing every week back and forth from one place to another and now the fall seems to be fading away with a quickness. My best friend is about to become a mother and my dogs and cats are all growing gracefully old. We are selling our home, and starting new jobs and time has a way of getting away with a quickness as it builds momentum. It is all very exciting....and I sometimes have to stop and catch my breath.Tomorrow is Halloween and I am so so so excited. Probably more then the girls if you can believe that. I can't wait to take them trick or treating and just have some fun.

I have been keeping up with my mileage although I admit it is more comfortable to walk these days. I just want to stay fit so I can get back on the road quicker after this bubby is born. Last time it took me longer to get in shape then I had anticipated and this time I want to be ready to run full boar again by May. Some days I feel a little wiped but I try and get at least a couple of miles of walking in if I can. Yesterday I got in 2.5 and the day before 3.4 so the distances are short but I am happy to just get out and moving. This week I am suppossed to get in 3/5/3 and 10. I figure after walking the eight last weekend I'll just walk the 10 on Sunday.

I am finally going to take a belly picture here at the end of this week. I am 21 weeks tomm (I guess tomm will be the belly pic). I just haven't had much of a belly to show. Last pregnancy I took pictures and it was the same thing. Not a real belly until I was like 24 weeks. I can feel the little teeny weeny moving around alot more lately. This baby has been just as sweet as the first so far and I am (knock on alot of wood) feeling fantab-ulous.

As soon as I get some pictures of the girly girls in their costumes I will post them. Lots of love and goodness to all!

The Great outdoors!

We spent most of the weekend out and about exploring. The Fish Lake Trail was a beautiful rail trail and we only walked the paved portion. I couldn't have wished for better weather or better company :). I will be excited to one day take my bike out there. On Sunday we drove out to Mount Spokane to check it out and see what the hiking trails were like. I just want to say that it was BEAUTIFUL up there....or maybe stunning is the right word. The view was gorgeous and you can drive right to the top and see views of Washington,Idaho and Montana. It is the biggest state park in WA and there is so much to do there during all of the seasons. As soon as I can I will download some pictures. I was in love and will defenitely be going back. We only walked around a little bit up there because it was chilly and the P-nutt didn't have any gloves.

Our doctors appt on Thursday went well. Baby #2 is doing just fine and looking to be growing like a little champ. We are over 20 weeks and into month five. It looks like we'll be delivering sometime at the end of February if all goes according to plan.

Lol to everyone and wishing the best last week of October! I am so excited for Halloween!

Fish Lake Trail

Yesterday Mommy, Daddy and baby hiked a nice eight mile stretch at the FLT and it was a beautiful day. Today is a 6 miler and I probably will run at least two of that. This week has been a really good one so far. WPML.

OMG theres a Belly

So everything has been on track this week as far as my mileage. I have been a wee bit busy so I haven't had much time to post (same ol same ol). I noticed yesterday that I finally have a little baby tummy. 20 weeks and it's starting to poke out there! :) Today we are off to get some mileage in at the "Fish Lake Trail" and I am excited as we've not been there before. Will report on baby appt and this week....Lots of Love to all and wishing all the pregnant ladies a comfortable and wonderful weekend! :)

Oh boy!

So yesterday morning I was up on the treadmill early. I ran/walked for over a half an hour and then was off to walk another hour. It felt really great even though there was frost and it was a bit chilly. The running went well too except for a little um....lets say a little lower abdominal discomfort. I think that my ligaments were doing a little stretching and so it felt wierd. I can finally feel a little baby bulge. Today I am off to get in a 3 miler. I have to be realistic in my expectations for the half marathon....but I think that no matter what the time and how ever many walking breaks I am happy that I will be able to participate.

We had another ultrasound and we think-s teeny weeny may be a little girl! Yay! If it is a boy poor teeny weeny is really not showing us his goods. But we'll know for sure 100% next time. The little one was not really being cooperative....go figure. I am ecstatic either way....and Daddy will just be surrounded with a gaggle of girls. :) We'll just have to get a boy dog! Things look to be great with baby and the sizes look to be just right. I still have days when I forget that I am preggers except for being a little tired and a little strain in the lower abdomen. Baby was really moving around at the ultrasound but I don't feel the movement like I did with Natalie bean. I am so excited to see how this little one turns out with their looks and personality. We have another doctors appt this week so we'll post any updates! Lol to all and good running, walking, biking and waddling.

Girls Weekend

Poor Daddy! He's surrounded by crazy girls...Will write more when I gotta minute. LOL and have a great weekend!

Oh whatta weekend!

I will admit that I did NO RUNNING or walking this weekend. It was nice to just relax and enjoy the long weekend. I had a great time watching (I helped a teeny bit) Jake and Scott start the sweet kitchen remodel at Jenny and Scotts. Cabinets were pulled....floor was ripped up and walls (ok like and 1/8 th of a wall) were knocked out. Cletus (and Cletuses Mom) I am sure was excited as well. Some of us also partook in the Seahawks game at the Qwest stadium and oh yes we got to eat some sweet catfish, ribs , steak and chicken at Dirty Daves. Yum!

Last week I got to take P-nutt to the zoo and it was so much fun just to watch her. I know she's still very little but she knows what the Meow meows and different animals are and she was so excited. It really is fun to experience these little firsts with P-nutt....it makes me feel a little like a kid again. You have a tendency to see everything through your babies eyes....and that makes your heart swell.

So this week I have got to get back into the game. I did run on the treadmill last week but I am going to try and get out and run in the mornings. I just love the fresh air this time of year and the treadmill can be soooo boring. Hope all is well with everyone...Lol and have a wonderful week!

Treadmill Time

I did run yesterday and on Tuesday. I am not a big fan of the treadmill but it got the job done. I am adding some extra walking in on the side this weekend to build up some endurance and increase my mileage a little bit. I have been getting up at four and five to get my workout in because it seems I am a little wiped in the evenings. Got a busy day so we'll see ya on the flip side. Looking forward to this weekend!

Then there were three.....

I was looking back at my baby blog http://whatwouldbuddha-do.blogspot.com/ for the P-nutt yesterday and I forgot how scared poopless I was about it all. I can laugh now because it all worked itself out. I remember it was all so sureal until she was born and I got my first look at her. They brought her over to us and all I remember was looking into her little tiny dark eyes...and she was so real and beautiful. I felt my heart literally just swell in my chest and will take that moment with me on into eternity.

So here I am the second time around....and I feel so calm. I have this sense of feeling at peace and that I can handle it and not be so frightened of the "great unknown". I am no less excited and I still have worries and concerns but they seem to be more about "balance". Like how can I balance it all so that Shelbz and P-nutt and new baby and hubby (and dog and cats too) all have enough of the love and attention they need. How am I going to balance family, and finishing my last 3 quarters of school and working? Am I going to be able to handle an eight year old, a two year old and a new baby? How am I going to get through another year and a half of breastfeeding (sorry guys) without some sort of "lactation vacation". I mean when it's all said and done I will have been nursing babies for three straight years.....if you had asked me five years ago if I thought that that would be the case I would have laughed so hard I probably would have pee'ed my pants. How the hell am I going to run with a dualie jogging stroller? Am I going to go insane from lack of sleep?

OMG....we are going to be a family of five!!!! I hadn't really thought of that before. Holy crap-ola! Five of us at the dinner table. Five of us trying to sleep in our bed on a Saturday morning (as it is four of us is a crunch and we have a humungus bed). Five of us on vacation. Three kids to graduate highschool and go to college. Three times drivers ed, three weddings, three stockings to fill at Christmas. Three first heartaches....three different but sweet personalities all the biggest part of our lives.

OMG!!!!! We are going to have three kids! For some reason two just seemed so easygoing. I don't know why I am freaking out....I mean there were three of us (me, my sister and brother) before my mom had the twins. We were a tightknit three and it seemed just fine for us. I think it is hard to wrap my brain around. So there goes my feeling of calmness. Damn why do I always have to jinx myself. Now I won't be able to sleep as I have ten million thoughts and worries about our three children running through my head. OMG.....Good thing I am running tonight.

Feeling Mushy....

The first thing I wanted to post was a little message for someone I love more then anything. With all my mushy feelings I want to say that I love my wonderful and thoughtful and sweet and so smart and handsome and hilarious husband. I love him more all the time....and he opens my eyes so that I can see things I wouldn't have noticed on my own. He is the most amazing person and I am so happy to be spending the rest of my life with him.

I am all hormonal and feeling mushy this morning. I just woke up with a feeling of happiness and I feel like despite bailouts and bank failures and all the other bad things going on in the world that everything will be ok. Despite all the changes and challenges going on in our lives right now...I feel excited and I am looking forward to all of it. It's not that I don't wake up happy and in a good mood every morning....but this morning I had a little extra spring in my step. Maybe it due to my being in heaven because I have been able to get into the "city" and find my most favorite comfort foods...(see below)

This weekend was fun filled and in all honestly was over too quickly. We were really happy to get a chance to see all the grandma's and grandpa's and Aunts, Uncles, and of course Cousins at the baby Cletus shower. I am so happy for Jen and Scott and we (P-nutt, Shelbz, J&J) wanted to say that we know that you are going to be great parents and that Cletus is really lucky to be born to such a cute and loving , smart and fun Mommy and Daddy. Isis I am sure will make a great sister once she is declawed, muzzled and has her own little cool baby basket :).

I did go for a run on Friday and I felt pretty good. It was about three miles and I had to walk a few times. Last week I walked ALOT with the P-nutt in the backpack and I counted that as my mileage. I have been slacking on logging in my miles due to time restraints and being "pooped" by the end of the day. I swear that despite the shortness of her little tiny legs little P-nutt can really move fast and I find myself wanting to go to bed before nine pm. I also find myself getting up around 6/6:30 am every morning and for me this is CRAZINESS. I mean I love to get up early and run or walk but that is a few times a week. I am by nature (and a little bit of nurture) normally a NIGHT OWL so the new routine has been quite the adjustment. I know I know...shouldn't I be adjusted by now? I think I am going to be going through constant adjustment for the rest of my life.

Well there are only 8 weeks until the Seattle half marathon. I am going to have to buckle down and get down to some serious training and follow the schedule if I want to be able to run most of the thing. I am sure there will be a few walking stops but at least I'll be out there doing it. I have even considered taking P-nutt with me in a jogging stroller if I could just decide on the right one. Ahhhh decisions decisions! :)

October is a beautiful month!

I love October. I love it even more when the weather is nice and warm and sunny. Ahhhh. I could stay here forever.





My baby girl is growing up so fast these days....she can say words like backpack, and monkey and squirrel and she is scribbling and she is starting to understand (slightly) the concept of sharing. There is so much and each day I am like "Wow" (which she has started to say too).